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Don’t Miss Artsiness 7.17.14

Gallery Shows You Should See I would love to get lost in an interesting and compelling art show right about now.  In case you’re looking to do the same, here are a few gallery shows you might want to…

Don't Miss Artsiness Exhibitions Galleries museums

Don’t Miss Artsiness 7.3.14

Gallery Shows You Should See Summer can be a slow time in the art world.  Some galleries close altogether, reserving their resources for the busy Fall season, while others show off their best artists for tourists and travelers. Here are…

Don't Miss Artsiness Exhibitions Galleries museums

Don’t Miss Artsiness 6.26.14

Gallery Shows You Should See One of the things I love most about the art world is the diversity– of people, styles, ages, eras.  It’s amazing to not only see the work of new graduates and up & comers,…

Seattle Art Museum exterior
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Artsy Spot: Seattle Art Museum

Every new place Mr. Forager & I go, I try to hit the local art museum.  Not only because I think it’s important to patronize local art resources ( artsy duh ), but I also find them to be…

World #7 by Ruud Van Empel
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Artsy About Town: Ruud van Empel’s Strange Beauty

I have had the work of Dutch artist Ruud van Empel pinned to my Pinterest board for months now.  Imagine my excitement when we arrived in San Diego back in October and I saw who was coming to the…

Corona 2003 by Anish Kapoor
Artsy Spots Exhibitions museums

Artsy Spot: Palm Springs Art Museum

While Mr. Forager and I had originally made plans to trek to Big Bear over the weekend, a thick blanket of snow and us sans the CA law required snow chains, along with a sick-with-a-cold Mr. Forager led to…

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Vibrant Earth:  Deanna Marsh

After three months in the cultural dead-zone that is Aberdeen, WA, it feels good to be living in a town with an active arts community.  Grants Pass, OR isn’t exactly Portland or Seattle, but it is a welcome change.…

Exhibitions Fashion museums

The Designers Who Would Be Artists

It seems that the art world is embracing fashion and its cultural influence.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recent Alexander McQueen exhibit, Savage Beauty, broke attendance records for fashion exhibits at the institution.  Designers, especially ones specializing in couture fashion,…

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Cardboard Kaleidoscopes: Candace Fasano

Candace Fasano is a painter and a poet.  Where the paintings end and the poetry begins is not always distinctive.  According to Wikipedia, “poetry primarily is governed by idiosyncratic forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or…